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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Michele Clark, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer
DATE: December 11, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Superseding All Previous Resolutions Pertaining To and Amending Pay Plans for Employees In the Executive Pay Plan.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval to amend the Pay Plan for employees in the Executive Pay Plan for 2026.
BACKGROUND:
The Pay Plan for employees in the City's Executive service is submitted for approval annually after passage of the City budget.
DISCUSSION:
The changes are reflected in the attached summary as well as in the approved budget.
The Pay Plan reflects a 2% cost of living adjustment to all pay grades.
Attached is the Executive Pay Plan and a summary of changes proposed for 2026.
Also attached is the 2025 Executive Pay Plan.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
NA
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Place on the Finance Committee Agenda for approval to City Council.
cc: Finance Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Superseding All Previous Resolutions Pertaining To and Amending Pay Plans for Employees In The Executive Pay Plan.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of same, the City Council has, from time to time, adjusted such salaries and benefits and does so now intend in some instances to revise same, having given due consideration to all pertinent factors and budgetary limitations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows:
I) That the provisions of the Executive Pay Plan as attached here...
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